Gainful occupation permits that have expired can now be extended for up to three months to allow for ample time for repatriation arrangements and reopening of the airspace. With over 5,700 gainful occupation permits (GOPs) set to expire before the end of the year, the Ministry of Employment, Immigration and Civil Status has put in place a special framework to…
262 Seychellois, 198 expatriates made redundant Two hundred and sixty-two (262) Seychellois and 198 expatriates have been made redundant, according to the labour department. Director general for labour relation within the employment department, Steve Monnaie told the media in an interview yesterday morning at Independence House that from March to July 7, 2020, the department of employment in the Ministry…
President Faure chairs first review meeting A first review meeting in preparation to re-open Seychelles to commercial flights on August 1 was held yesterday, bringing together stakeholders across all sectors in government and the private sector. The high level committee for the integrated management system for the re-opening of Seychelles to commercial flights is chaired by President Danny Faure. The…
Key stakeholders from the employment department, labour associations, recruitment agencies and representatives from the Seychelles National Youth Council have learned of the different factors that contribute to multidimensional poverty in Seychelles. This was during an information session on Friday when the department of poverty alleviation in collaboration with the National Bureau of Statistic (NBS) shared with those present the results…
People who are out of a job either as a result of the economic downturn caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, school leavers or others are being encouraged to seize the limited work opportunities offered to them. Letimie Dookley, director general of employment programme in the department of employment, said as work opportunities become more limited it is becoming more difficult…
Some 15 housekeepers from the Coral Strand Hotel and another group of construction workers yesterday took their unpaid salary, overtime pay grievances respectively to the employment department. It was around 9.50am that the group of housekeepers was seen at Independence House after they had been received by employment officials. Jacqueline Gabriel, one of the housekeepers, said they are really frustrated…
The private sector, through the Seychelles Chamber of Commerce and Industries, yesterday presented its recovery and prosperity plan, a diureticto revive businesses, at the scheduled weekly meeting chaired by President Danny Faure at State House. The plan is a proposal championing private-public partnership to re-build, re-energise and re-think the economy. Chairman of the Seychelles Chamber of Commerce and Industries (SCCI)…
The employment department yesterday disclosed that around 228 Seychellois have lost their jobs alongside 392 expatriate workers who now have to go back to their respective countries, due to the adverse economic impact of COVID-19. A large majority of these workers who have been made redundant, both local and foreign, were working in the tourism sector. The director general for…
According to various researches, transparency and accountability have emerged over the past decade as key ways to address both developmental failures and democratic deficits. Good governance in the public sector on the other hand promotes effective decision making and efficient use of resources, and it strengthens accountability for the stewardship of those resources. To enhance the good practice locally, the…
President Danny Faure yesterday met with the team that will be in charge of the Seychelles Employee Transition Scheme (Sets), a temporary scheme to assist workers who will be made redundant. The aim of the meeting which was also attended by the Minister for Employment, Immigration and Civil Status, Myriam Telemaque, was to discuss the addition of four new programmes…
